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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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